Henry Bishop was a good friend of legendary decoy collector Dr. Peter J. Muller Jr., and there is substantial overlap between their collections. Both from Atlanta, the Muller and Bishop Collections are known for their near-mint birds by top makers, including Elmer Crowell, Joseph Lincoln, the Webster and Folger families of Nantucket, George Boyd, the Fox Rig, Obediah Verity, William Southard, Thomas Gelston, Charles Sumner Bunn, Dan Lake Leeds, Harry V. Shourds, and the Mason Decoy Factory.
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A fine selection of near-mint shorebirds from the Estate of Henry Bishop.
Lot 148, Golden Plover by Mr. Webster, Nantucket, MA, c. 1850
Lot 158, The Muller Bunn Willet by Charles Sumner Bunn (1865-1952), Shinnecock, Long Island, NY, c. 1900
Lot 149, Folger Family Golden Plover, Nantucket, MA, c. 1880
Lot 168, Virginia Curlew, Northampton County, VA, c. 1900
Lots 154 and 155, Golden Plovers by A. Elmer Crowell (1862-1952), East Harwich, MA, c. 1910
Lot 167, Hilman-McCleery-Muller Turnstone by John Horn, Oceanville, NJ, c. 1890
Lot 152, Yellowlegs Pair by Joseph W. Lincoln (1859-1938), Accord, MA, c. 1920
Lot 623, John James Audubon (1785-1851), Yellow Shank (No. 58, Plate 288), 1836
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